“Ah, marriage. The kind of union we have affects our children infinitely more than the schools we put them in, the activities… — Jen Hatmaker Children Copy Share Image
“Media has changed the way we interact with one another and what we spend our time doing. Our social norms have changed.… — Jen Hatmaker Social media Copy Share Image
“After Jesus' fast, he began healing, rescuing, redeeming. The Spirit filled up the emptiness Jesus created, launching him into ministry. In some… — Jen Hatmaker Christianity Copy Share Image
“Isolation concentrates every struggle. The longer we keep our heartaches tucked away in the dark, the more menacing they become. Pulling them… — Jen Hatmaker Heartaches Copy Share Image
Our children are humans and deserve to be treated respectfully. Discipline doesn’t include raging, screaming, abusing, neglecting, humiliating, or shaming our kids.… — Jen Hatmaker Children Copy Share Image
While the richest people on earth pray to get richer, the rest of the world begs for intervention with their faces pressed… — Jen Hatmaker Coffee Copy Share Image
As Jesus explained, the right things have to die so the right things can live--we die to selfishness, greed, power, accumulation, prestige,… — Jen Hatmaker Accumulation Copy Share Image
“Desperately wanting God's kingdom to come, we lead with the law, like a sixteen-year-old girl who thought a Bible on a desk… — Jen Hatmaker Bible Copy Share Image
“A homeless man clarified this once: “You know? We’ve lost so many things: dignity, security, our marriages, our jobs. But one thing… — Jen Hatmaker Children Copy Share Image
“You are far more than your worst day, your worst experience, your worst season, dear one. You are more than the sorriest… — Jen Hatmaker Endured Copy Share Image
“Sometimes the best way to bring good news to the poor is to bring actual good news to the poor. It appears… — Jen Hatmaker God love Copy Share Image
“If you want to make good friends, be a good friend. Send kindness out in big, generous waves, send it near and… — Jen Hatmaker Friendship Copy Share Image
“We don’t get to opt out of living on mission because we might not be appreciated. We’re not allowed to neglect the… — Jen Hatmaker Blind eye Copy Share Image
“Don’t ever confuse the two, your life and your work. That’s what I have to say. The second is only a part… — Jen Hatmaker Entire life Copy Share Image
Our only hope to speak with kindness, to lead with patience, and to not threaten our children with homicide is to ensure… — Jen Hatmaker Arrows Copy Share Image
“believe You’re my healer. I believe You are all I need. I believe You’re my portion. I believe You’re more than enough… — Jen Hatmaker Sacrifice Copy Share Image
“You can care about new things and new people and new beginnings, and until you are dead in the ground, you are… — Jen Hatmaker New beginning Copy Share Image
“I've discovered reduced consumption doesn't equal reduced community or reduced contentment. There is something liberating about unplugging the machine to discover the… — Jen Hatmaker Happiness Copy Share Image
“If understood, believed, and lived out, God’s plan would naturally place Christians at the epicenter of their communities, like hope magnets, like… — Jen Hatmaker Christianity Copy Share Image
“In a culture that elevates beauty and style, the Christian community is at genuine risk fordistraction, even deception. What do we truly… — Jen Hatmaker Authenticity Copy Share Image
“There is a biblical benchmark I now use. We will refer to this criterion for every hard question, big idea, topic, assessment… — Jen Hatmaker Bible Copy Share Image
“The middle place still has a lot of life left, so we'll store up these years like a treasure, remembering them one… — Jen Hatmaker Drinking water Copy Share Image
“I suspect God is more glorified in a humble room of earnest worshipers than a massive production designed to sound "relevant" to… — Jen Hatmaker Body of christ Copy Share Image
“Henri Nouwen wrote: “Forgiveness is the name of love practiced among people who love poorly. The hard truth is that all people… — Jen Hatmaker Every day Copy Share Image
“Of course, in a hundred years, no one will remember any of us and our story will be lost in obscurity, but… — Jen Hatmaker Parenting Copy Share Image
“The wilderness is where all the creatives and prophets and system-buckers and risk-takers have always lived, and it is stunningly vibrant. The… — Jen Hatmaker Creativity Copy Share Image
You will never have this day with your children again. Tomorrow they will be a little bigger then they are today. This… — Jen Hatmaker Attention Copy Share Image
“We are never defeated, not even when all the evidence appears to the contrary. If you are still breathing, there is always… — Jen Hatmaker Failure Copy Share Image
“People may hate us because of Jesus, but they should never hate Jesus because of us. The way we treat others should… — Jen Hatmaker Jesus Copy Share Image
God does not change, but He uses change—to change us. He sends us on journeys that bring us to the end of… — Jen Hatmaker Change Copy Share Image
I see a strategy for fracturing humanity well in play: just keep people separated and let them reinforce invented boundaries in their… — Jen Hatmaker Barriers Copy Share Image
“Teaching by example, radical obedience, justice, mercy, activism, and sacrifice wholly inspires me. I'm at that place where "well done" trumps "well… — Jen Hatmaker Compassion Copy Share Image
“Instead of waiting around for church to assemble a perfect group dynamic of People Who Can Meet on Tuesdays, maybe just invite… — Jen Hatmaker Church service Copy Share Image
“Love has won infinitely more converts than theology. The first believers were drawn to Christ’s mercy long before they understood His divinity.… — Jen Hatmaker Front door Copy Share Image
